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Ka puta te mate pūkahukahu ina tipu haere ngā pūtau i roto i ō pūkahukahu, kāore i te mana, ā, ka hanga he ngā pūngāwerewere. Ko tētahi o ngā momo mate pūngāwerewere tino noa huri noa i te ao, engari mā te mārama pai ki a ia ka āhei ai te kite i ngā tohu i te wā, ā, ka hanga ai ngā whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora.
Ka pā tēnei āhuatanga ki te kiko e taupoki ana i ō ara hau, me ngā putea hau iti e tomo ana te hāora ki roto i tō toto. Ahakoa ka raru te whakatau, kua tino pai ake ngā huarahi maimoatanga me ngā hua mō te tini o te iwi e ora ana me te mate pūkahukahu.
Ka puta te mate pūkahukahu ina huri ngā pūtau pūkahukahu noa, ka tupu haere kāore i te mana, ka hanga ai ngā mea nui e kiia nei he pūngāwerewere. Ka taea e ēnei pūtau rerekē te whakaroa i te kaha o ō pūkahukahu ki te hoatu i te hāora ki tō tinana, ā, ka horapa pea ki ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana ki te kore e maimoatia.
Ko ō pūkahukahu he kiko pūha i roto i tō uma e tango ana i te hāora ina manawa koe, ka tukuna te kāponikara ina manawa atu koe. Ka taea te whanake o te mate pūngāwerewere i hea i roto i ō pūkahukahu, engari ko te nuinga o te wā ka tīmata i ngā pūtau e taupoki ana i ngā ara hau.
Ka rerekē te ahu whakamua o te mate mō ia tangata. Ko ētahi mate pūkahukahu ka tipu haere mō ngā marama, ngā tau rānei, engari ka taea e ētahi atu te whanake me te horapa atu i te tere. Ka taea e te kite wātea me te maimoatanga te whakarereke nui i ngā hua.
Ka wehewehe ngā tākuta i te mate pūkahukahu ki ētahi momo nui e rua, i runga i te ahua o ngā pūtau mate pūngāwerewere i raro i te microscope. Mā te mārama ki tō momo motuhake ka āhei ai tō rōpū hauora te whiriwhiri i te huarahi maimoatanga tino whai hua mō tō āhuatanga.
Ko te mate pūkahukahu pūtau iti-kore (NSCLC) te 85% pea o ngā keehi mate pūkahukahu katoa. Ko tēnei momo te nuinga o te wā ka tipu haere, ka horapa atu i te mate pūkahukahu pūtau iti. Ko ngā momo toru matua ko te adenocarcinoma (te tino noa), te squamous cell carcinoma, me te large cell carcinoma.
Ko te mate pūkahukahu pakupaku (SCLC) e whakaatu ana i te 15% pea o ngā keehi mate pūkahukahu. Ko tēnei momo e tino tipu haere ana, ā, e horapa atu ana i te NSCLC. He tata tonu te hono atu ki te kai hikareti, ā, e horapa pinepine ana ki ētahi atu wāhanga o te tinana i mua i te puta mai o ngā tohu.
He maha hoki ngā momo mate pūkahukahu onge, tae atu ki ngā mate pūngāwerewere, e tino pōturi ana te tipu, me te mesothelioma, e pā ana ki te paparinga o te pūkahukahu, ā, e hono pinepine ana ki te whakaū o te asbestos.
E kore e tino puta ngā tohu o te mate pūkahukahu i te tīmatanga, koia te take e kore ai e kitea te maha o ngā keehi kia tae rawa ki te whanake o te mate. Heoi, ko te mōhio ki ngā tohu whakatūpato ka taea te awhina i a koe ki te rapu awhina hauora ina hiahiatia.
Tāpiritia ngā tohu ka puta pea i te whanake o te mate pūkahukahu. Kia mahara, ka taea hoki e ēnei tohu te puta mai i ētahi atu āhuatanga iti ake te kino:
Ka pāngia ētahi tangata e ngā tohu onge ake ina horapa te mate ki ētahi atu wāhanga o te tinana. Ka taea e ēnei te whakauru i te mamae o te wheua, te mamae o te mahunga, te wiri, te kowhai o te kiri me ngā kanohi, te pupū rānei o te mata, o te kaki rānei.
Mēnā ka kite koe i tetahi o ēnei tohu e mau tonu ana mo te neke atu i ngā wiki torutoru, he mea tika te kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ko te nuinga o te wā, he whakamārama anō ēnei tohu, engari ko te tirotiro i a rātou ka homai te rangimarie o te ngākau ki a koe.
Ka puta te mate pūkahukahu ina pakaru tetahi mea i ngā pūtau o ō pūkahukahu mō te wā roa. Ka tupu kino enei pūtau pakaru ka taea te hanga i ngā mate pūngāwerewere. Ko te mōhiotanga ki ngā take matua ka āhei te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora.
Ko te whakakā te hikareti te take nui rawa atu o te mate pūkahukahu, e whakahaere ana i te 85% pea o ngā take. Ko ngā matū kino kei roto i te paowa hikareti ka pakaru ngā pūtau pūkahukahu i ia wā e manawa atu ai koe. Ko te roa o tō whakakā me te nui o ngā hikareti e whakakā ana koe i ia rā, ka nui ake te tūponotanga.
Ahakoa kaore koe e whakakā, ka taea tonu e koe te whiwhi mate pūkahukahu mai i ētahi atu take:
Ko ētahi take onge e whakauru ana i te whakaū i te hau tiikiri, ētahi konganuku e whakamahia ana i te mahi umanga, me ngā rerekētanga ira tuku iho. Heoi, he mea nui kia mōhio ko te 10-15% pea o te hunga e whiwhi ana i te mate pūkahukahu kaore he take morearea e taea te tautuhi.
Ko te whai i tetahi take morearea, i neke atu rānei, kaore e tikanga ka whiwhi koe i te mate pūkahukahu. He tokomaha ngā tāngata he take morearea kei a rātou kaore e whiwhi i te mate, i te mea ko ētahi atu he torutoru ngā take morearea e mohiotia ana ka whiwhi.
Me whakarite e koe he hui ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mēnā ka pāngia koe e tetahi tohu manawa mau tonu e neke atu i te rua ki te toru wiki. Ka taea e te aromatawai wawe te awhina i te hopu i ngā raruraru i te wā e tino taea ai te whakaora.
Kaua e tatari ki te rapu awhina hauora mena kei te kohu te toto, kei te mamae te uma, kei te uaua te manawa. Ko ēnei tohu e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai hauora wawe, ahakoa he maha ngā take e kore ai e pā ki te mate pukupuku.
Mena he kaipaipa hikareti koe i nāianei, ā, i mua rānei, whakaarohia te kōrero ki tō tākuta mō te whakamātautau mate pukupuku ngāwari. Ka tino nui ngā tirotiro hauora ā-wā mena kei a koe ētahi atu tūmomo morearea, ā, mena ka puta mai ngā tohu o te manawa.
Whakaarohia ō tūmanako mō tō tinana. Mena kei te rerekē te mea, kei te awangawanga rānei, he tika tonu te kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e rātou te awhina i te whakatau mena ka hiahiatia te whakamātautau atu.
Ko ngā tūmomo morearea ngā mea ka piki ai ō tūmanako ki te whiwhi mate pukupuku ngāwari, engari ki te whai koe i ēnei, ehara i te mea ka whiwhi koe i te mate. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take te awhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora me tō oranga.
Ko ēnei ngā take nui ka taea te piki ake o tō morearea ki te whiwhi mate pukupuku ngāwari:
Ko ētahi atu tūmomo morearea kaore i te noa, tae atu ki te whakaū ki ētahi konganuku pēnei i te chromium me te nickel, te hau diesel, me ngā rerekētanga ira i tukuna mai.
Hei tāpiri atu, he iti te piki o te morearea ki te kai iti i ngā hua me ngā huawhenua.
Ko te rongo pai ko te mea ka taea e koe te whakahaere i ētahi o ēnei take morearea. Ko te mutu i te whakakī i tetahi tau ka whakaiti i tō morearea nui atu, ā, ko te whakamātautau i tō kāinga mō te radon he mahi ngāwari ka taea e koe te mahi hei tiaki i tō whānau.
Ka taea e te mate pūkahukahu te arahi ki ngā raruraru maha, mai i te mate pūkahukahu anō, ā, i ētahi wā mai i ngā rongoā. Ko te mōhiotanga ki ēnei wāhi pea ka āwhina i a koe ki te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora hei aukati, hei whakahaere pai rātou.
Ka puta mai pea ngā raruraru mai i te mate pūkahukahu anō i te wā e tupu haere ana te mate. Ka puta ēnei nā te mea ka taea e ngā mate pūngāwerewere te whakaroa i te mahi pūkahukahu noa, te horapa atu rānei ki ētahi atu wāhi:
Ka puta mai pea ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te rongoā, engari ka taea te whakahaere i te nuinga o te wā mā te tiaki hauora tika. Ka uru pea ēnei ki te ngenge mai i te chemotherapy, te kiri pakaru mai i te radiation, te piki ake rānei o te morearea o te mate i te wā e rongoā ana.
Ka tirotiro tata atu tō rōpū hauora mō ēnei raruraru, ā, he rautaki kei a rātou hei aukati, hei whakaora rātou. Ka taea te whakahaere pai i te maha o ngā raruraru, ā, ka taea e koe te pupuri i te kounga ora pai i te wā e rongoā ana.
Ahakoa kaore e taea e koe te aukati i ngā take katoa o te mate pūkahukahu, ka taea e koe te whakaiti nui i tō morearea mā te mahi i ētahi whiringa oranga, mā te karo hoki i ngā take morearea e mohiotia ana. Ko te mahi nui rawa atu ko te karo i te paowa tapeka i ōna āhua katoa.
Mēnā kei te kai paipa koe, ko te mutu te mea nui rawa atu e taea e koe te mahi mō te hauora o ō ringaringa. Ka tīmata te heke o tō tūponotanga ki te mate pūkahukahu i roto i ngā marama i muri i te mutu, ā, ka haere tonu te heke i te wā. Ahakoa kua maha ngā tau e kai paipa ana koe, ka whai hua tonu te mutu.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki ārai matua e taea e koe te whakamahi:
Mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te awhina ki te mutu i te kai paipa, he maha ngā rauemi kei te wātea, tae atu ki ngā rongoā, ngā tohutohu, me ngā rōpū tautoko. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te āwhina i a koe ki te hanga i te mahere mutu e mahi ana mō tō āhuatanga.
Ko te whakataurite i te mate pūkahukahu e whakauru ana i ngā mahi me ngā whakamātautau maha hei whakatau mena kei te mate pūkahukahu, ā, mena he pēhea, he aha te momo me te wā e puta mai ana. Ka tīmata tō tākuta me tō hītori hauora me ō tohu, katahi ka neke atu ki ngā whakamātautau tino motuhake i te mea e hiahiatia ana.
Ko te tukanga whakataurite e tīmata ana i te nuinga o te wā me ngā whakamātautau whakaahua. Ka taea e te X-ray uma te whakaatu i ngā wāhi whakapae, engari ka homai e te CT scan ngā whakaahua tino taipitopito o ō ringaringa, ā, ka taea te kite i ngā pūngāwerewere iti kaore e puta ki runga i ngā X-ray.
Mēnā ka whakaatu te whakaahua i te mate pūkahukahu, ka hiahia tō tākuta ki te tiki i ngā tauira kiko hei whakau i te whakataurite. Ka uru pea tenei ki:
I muri i te whakau i te mate pukupuku, ka whakatauhia e ētahi atu whakamātautau te tawhiti o tōna hora. Ko ēnei whakamātautau whakatau wāhanga pea ka uru atu ki ngā tātaritanga PET, MRI o te roro, ngā tātaritanga wheua, me ngā whakamātautau toto. Ka āwhina te whakatau wāhanga i tō rōpū hauora ki te whakatakoto i te huarahi maimoatanga tino whai hua.
Ka roa pea ngā wiki te tukanga whakamātautau katoa, ā, ka āwangawanga pea tēnā. Kia mahara kei te mahi tupato tō rōpū hauora ki te tiki i ngā mōhiohio tika hei arahi i ō whakatau maimoatanga.
Ko te maimoatanga mate pukupuku pūkahukahu e whakawhirinaki ana ki te momo mate pukupuku, tōna wāhanga, me tō hauora whānui. Ka mahi tahi tō rōpū hauora ki a koe ki te hanga i tētahi mahere maimoatanga whaiaro e tuku ana i ngā hua pai rawa atu me te whakaaro ki ō hiahia me te kounga o te ora.
Ko te pokanga te maimoatanga tino pai i te nuinga o te wā mō te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu o te wāhanga tīmata ina kore te mate pukupuku i hora atu i ngā pūkahukahu. I runga i te rāhi me te wāhi o te mate pukupuku, ka tango pea ngā tākuta i tētahi wāhanga o te pūkahukahu, tētahi pūkahukahu katoa, te mate pukupuku anake me ētahi atu kōpū.
Ko ētahi atu huarahi maimoatanga matua ko:
Mō te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu whānui, ko te maimoatanga e aro ana ki te whakahaere i te mate, te whakaora i ngā tohu, me te pupuri i te kounga o te ora. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e ora ana i te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu whānui mō ngā marama, ngā tau rānei me te manaaki pai o ngā tohu.
Ko tō rōpū maimoatanga pea ka uru atu ki ngā onkologist, ngā tākuta pokanga, ngā tohunga radiation, ngā nēhi, me ētahi atu tohunga hauora. Ka tirotirohia e rātou tō ahunga whakamua, ka whakarerekē i ngā maimoatanga kia rite ki te hiahia i runga i tō whakautu.
Ko te whakahaere i te mate pūkahukahu i te kāinga e pā ana ki te tiaki i tō hauora whānui, te whakahaere i ngā pānga o te rongoā, me te noho māngaro i waenganui i ngā whakatau ā-rongoā. Ka taea e te tiaki pai i a koe anō te awhina i a koe kia pai ake te ahua, ā, ka taea te whakapai ake i ngā hua o te rongoā.
Aro atu ki te kai pai ahakoa kaore koe e hiakai. Ka taea e ngā kai iti, maha, me ngā kai whai pūmua te āwhina i te pupuri i tō kaha. Kia makuku tonu mā te inu wai maha i te rā, ā, ui atu ki tō tākuta mō ngā taapiri kai mēnā e hiahiatia ana.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki tiaki whai mana hei whakaaro:
Kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapā atu ki tō rōpū hauora me ngā pātai, me ngā āwangawanga. Ka taea e rātou te whakarato i te aratohu mo te whakahaere i ngā tohu motuhake, ā, ka whakamōhio atu ki a koe ina hiahia tonu ngā tohu ki te arotake.
Ko te whakarite mō ō whakatau ā-tākuta e āwhina ana i te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te painga nui rawa atu i tō wā tahi. Ko te whakarite, me te ui i ngā pātai tika ka taea te awhina i a koe kia okioki ake mō ō whakatau tiaki.
I mua i tō whakatau, tuhituhia ō tohu katoa, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou, me te aha e pai ake ai, e kino ake rānei.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i ēnei mea nui:
Kaua e wehi ki te ui pātai mō tetahi mea kaore koe e mōhio. Ko ētahi pātai pai pea ko te ui pātai mō tō whakamārama, ngā whiringa maimoatanga, ngā pānga taha e tumanakohia ana, me te pēhea e pā ai ngā maimoatanga ki tō oranga o ia rā.
Ko te tuhi i ngā kōrero i te wā o tō whakatau, te ui rānei mēnā ka taea e koe te tuhi i te kōrero, ka āhei te awhina i a koe ki te maumahara ki ngā mōhiohio nui i muri mai. E hiahia ana tō rōpū hauora kia mōhio koe ki tō āhuatanga, kia mārama hoki ki ngā whakatau maimoatanga.
He āhuatanga nui te mate pūkahukahu, engari ko te mōhio ki a ia ka whakamana i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora. Kua tino pai ake ngā hua mō te tokomaha o te hunga i whakamāramahia te mate pūkahukahu, nā te kitenga wawe me ngā ahuatanga hou o te maimoatanga.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mahara ko te wheako o ia tangata ki te mate pūkahukahu he rerekē. Ko tō whakatau i runga i ngā take maha, tae atu ki te momo me te wā o te mate pukupuku, tō hauora whānui, me te pai o tō whakautu ki te maimoatanga.
Mēnā kei te tūpono koe, kei te pāngia rānei koe e ngā tohu, kaua e whakaroa ki te kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ahakoa mo te aukati, te whakamātautau, te whiringa maimoatanga rānei, ko te kōrero whakatūwhera ki tō rōpū hauora ka āhei te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te tiaki pai rawa atu.
Kia mahara kei te noho tahi koe i tēnei haerenga. E wātea ana te tautoko mai i tō rōpū hauora, whānau, hoa, me ngā whakahaere tautoko mate pukupuku e taea te whakarato rauemi me te hono atu ki ētahi atu e mōhio ana ki te mea e haere ana koe.
Ae, tata ki te 10-15% o te hunga kua whakatauhia te mate pūkahukahu kaore i whakakā te hikareti. Ka taea e te hunga kāore e whakakā te hikareti te whiwhi mate pūkahukahu mai i te paowa tuarua, te whakaū o te radon, te paru o te rangi, ngā take ira, tetahi wā rānei ngā take kaore i te mōhiotia. Ahakoa ka nui te piki o te tūponotanga mā te whakakā i te hikareti, ka taea e te mate pūkahukahu te pā ki te tangata katoa.
He rerekē te tere o te hora o te mate pūkahukahu, kei runga i te momo. Ko te mate pūkahukahu pūtau iti te nuinga ka tipu me te hora tere ake, i roto i ngā wiki ki ngā marama pea. Ko te mate pūkahukahu pūtau nui te nuinga ka tipu māori, i roto i ngā marama ki ngā tau pea. Ka taea e te kimi wawe me te maimoatanga te awhina i te whakahaere i te hora ahakoa te momo.
Ko te COPD (mate ngongo hau ā-rohe) he āhuatanga o te pūkahukahu e whakapakeke ana i te manawa nā te pakaru o ngā ara hau, i te wā e pā ana te mate pūkahukahu ki te tipu pūtau rerekē e hanga ana i ngā pūngāwerewere. Heoi, he rite ngā tohu o ngā āhuatanga e rua, pēnei i te mare mare tonu me te poto o te manawa. Ka taea e te COPD te whakapiki i tō tūponotanga ki te whiwhi mate pūkahukahu, ā, ko ētahi tāngata kei a rātou ngā āhuatanga e rua.
Kāo, ehara te mate pūkahukahu i te mate mate tonu. Kua pai ake te tere ora me ngā whakapainga o te maimoatanga. Ki te hopukina wawe, ka taea e te tini o te hunga mate pūkahukahu te whakaora, te ora rānei mō ngā tau maha. Ahakoa te mate pūkahukahu kua whanake, ka taea e ngā maimoatanga te whakahaere i te mate me te awhina i te iwi ki te pupuri i te kounga ora pai mō ngā wā roa.
Ka taea te tūtohutia te whakamātautau mēnā kei waenganui i te 50-80 tau tōu tau, he hītori whakakā hikareti nui (te nuinga o te 20 “tau-puka” neke atu rānei), ā, kei te whakakā hikareti koe i tēnei wā, te mutu rānei i roto i ngā tau 15 kua hipa. Ko te tau-puka te tikanga ko te maha o ngā puka i te rā i te whakahekea ki ngā tau i whakakāhia. Kōrero atu ki tō tākuta mō te tika o te whakamātautau mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
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